Norton Antivirus 2009

Nowadays, it’s absolutely necessary to protect your PC against viruses. Norton Antivirus 2009 is strong on protection and light on system resources, so you’ll be protected without dealing with hang-ups on your computer. This version offers 1-Year Protection.

Blocks browser exploits and protects against infected web sites Installs in under one minute and requires less than 8 MB of memory on average Recovery tool boots and repairs badly infected PCs Delivers a complete, deep cleaning scan Norton On-going Protection provides continuous protection updates and new product features as they become available throughout your product subscription period Norton Automatic Renewal Service helps to ensure that you’re protected by automatically renewing your product subscription before it expires Automatically schedules scans and updates to occur while PC is idle Silent mode - Helps ensure movies and games are not interrupted Maps your wireless home network Free Technical Support Tech support from Symantec 1-Year ProtectionMinimum System Requirements Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Home/XP Pro/XP Media Center Edition 300 MHz or higher processor 256 MB of RAM Minimum 150 MB of available hard disk space Email scanning supported for POP3- and SMTP-compatible email clients Browser support for Browser Protection features - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (32-bit only) and later, Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and later Supported instant messenger clients - AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Trillian

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Much Improved for 2009, But At Least One Fatal Flaw Rears Its Head
After years of running Norton Antivirus products, with ever increasing demands on system resources, as well as slowing down the machines these products were installed on, the completely rewritten version of Norton Internet Security 2009 has gone a very long way towards correcting years of bloatware code that was made worse with every new release.

This version installs fast, runs fast, and is almost entirely unobtrusive, with one very major exception.

This software will break your home or small business network.

In a well-documented bug first discovered in October 2008, Norton interferes with, and eventually blocks access to other machines on your home network. Norton admits there is a problem, and has been stalling customers for months with promises for a fix, yet keeps pushing the release date out further and further.

Install Norton 2009, and eventually all of the computers on your home network under My Network Places will disappear, and will eventually be blocked from access. While you can frequently manually reach your other networked machines by typing their addresses directly into an address bar, software that depends on access to your other networked machines directly (index, backup, small business collaboration tools, etc.) usually cannot work this way, and you are effectively cut off from using those applications. Worse, over time, Norton will begin periodically cutting off access to your networked machines. Suddenly file copying between machines fails, extremely long delays in accessing other computers on your network occurs, and your frustration level mounts.

Norton admits the only current solution to this problem is to completely uninstall Norton 2009 Antivirus/Internet Security products. There is no other workaround.

Worse yet, the responsiveness of the company to major software bugs has been less than acceptable. It literally takes months for even the most urgent bugs to get identified, corrected, and then put through a laborious test procedure. To add insult to injury, it then takes up to six additional weeks for the fixed code to be incorporated into their slow update release schedule and finally reach every customer.

This truly mars an otherwise promising product and makes it an unacceptable option for those dependent on networked machines, such as a home or small business network. If you are dependent on your network to access remote hard drives or collaborate in an office environment, Norton 2009 products are absolutely not acceptable for use and I strongly recommend you look elsewhere until the company finally fixes the problem.

A very lengthy discussion about this problem can be found on the Norton Community Forum. Simply search for “NAV blocks access to hard disk.” The later discussions in the thread contain the most pertinent information.

4 Stars Virus protection +
Norton Antivirus 2009This is a great buy for using on just one computer. These products from Norton work very well.

2 Stars Yes it did install - OK.
Yes it did install - OK. That’s the only reason it got 2 stars not one.

Mine main system was working fine until Norton AV 2009 (I have not used Norton software since the 90’s.) I thought I’ll try it again for the first time. Probs. after probs., I am going to reinstall my system again MINUS Norton AV 2009 and reinstall AVV and we will see if it’s the software or the hard drive… BUT I’m thinking it Norton AV 2009 is the prob. I have another partition with Ubuntu/Linux .. Yes I know why are you using Windows XP pro? Because of 90% of all software is written for Windows. I am playing “King Bounty the Ledgend” Side note: great game 4.5 stars, (I’m TRYING to play King Bounty)

super quick save game(s) bat file, save the bat file in the {drive letter}:\Documents and Settings\%%user%%\My Documents\My Games

echo

copy “Kings Bounty” H:King_backup

copy “Kings Bounty\$save\*” H:King_backup\$save

pause

echo off

5 Stars Norton Antivirus 2009 Review
Excellent Product. Have purchased this product in the past and will continue to purchase it.

5 Stars Good Stuff
I’ve always used Norton and once again the 2009 version doesn’t disappoint. I got it at a really reasonable price, much cheaper than Walmart, Best Buy and even Symantec’s own website. My wife and I surf on alot of different websites and using Windows these days its so easy to get a virus or malware/spyware on your pc. I am happy to report that I have been using Norton since 2003 and have not had one bad incident. I highly recommend.

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Panda Global Protection 2009 3 User

Enjoy optimum security and safeguard your valuable data with Panda Global Protection 2009. It protects you from viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all other Internet threats. The anti-spam engine will keep your inbox free from junk mail while the Parental Control feature ensures your children can use the Web safely. Anti-Malware Engine automatically detects and eliminates viruses, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, bots and other malware before they infect your computer. Genetic Heuristic Engine combines advanced algorithms to detect new variants of the most dangerous malware families. TruPrevent Technologies 2.0 silently analyzes the behavior of programs, blocking those that try to damage your PC. Wireless Monitor protects your wireless network from intruders. Anti-Phishing Filter recognizes fraudulent email and protects you from scams while you shop, bank or pay bills online. Anti-Banking Trojan Engine detects the most dangerous identity theft malware used by cyber-criminals to steal banking credentials. Anti-Rootkit Technology detects and removes silently installed rootkits used by malware or hackers to evade traditional antivirus products. Anti-Spam Filter keeps your inbox free from junk mail. Web Filter lets you use the Internet safely without the risk of infections, vulnerability exploits, browser hijacking or phishing websites. Personal Information Filter prevents theft from your PC of credit card numbers, social security numbers and any other personal information you define. Tune Up automatically finds and fixes problems in your PC and keeps your system running smoothly. It optimizes your PC performance by removing unnecessary registry entries, deleting temporary files and speeding up your hard disk.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars panda global protection
I have run panda now for about 3 year very happy with it.I have tried Norton and was not impressed. Norton uses tomuch resources and slows down the pc.Mcafee is just annoyiing.Trend micro never worked So i tried panda and have been using it every since. virtualy unnoticed runs in the back ground and you wont know it is there. Panda will have a pop up when someone tries to access your wireless internet but it gets blocked and tells you so. I would say to try it you will like it.

5 Stars REALLY AWESOME PROTECTION
I can’t say enough about Panda Protection, I have had other virus protection before and have many viruses, and I have had Panda now for 4 years and have been virus free on 6 computers. I have had some other problems and the Panda tech support has been really great.

Pand is the only way to go.

Thanks,

Lenny G.

Biddeford, Maine

5 Stars Great pc condom
I have used Panda for 3 years and I can say it is one of the better IS softwares out there.

To give you some back ground about what I have used:

Macafee

Norton’s

Trend micro

Macafee was almost a joke and it has been sometime since I have used it but it did not pick up a whole lot. This program might as well say viruses welcome. It may have been better but since Microsoft bought Macafee I don’t trust it too much, why you say? Look at Vista.

Norton’s did a good job but this program is like a bipolar girlfriend. One year Norton’s does great and the next it crap’s out. I think we all would agree a good stable Internet security program wins over bells and whistles.

Trend Micro was good up until I used Panda for the first time and saw what it had missed, holy cow! This software gets good rateings and still let’s bad guys in as if cops are on holiday.

Now, I have looked into BitDefender and found from other reviews this program is a crap shoot. If it works it’s great and if it does not work, well, format c:

Understand, Internet Security software should be a necessity for those of you who surf the net, also most if not all IS software will slow your system down a bit due to the fact it will be all throughout your system protecting you from viruses, trojans, phishing, id theft and other such bad things. I also want to say antivirus is better than nothing but for today’s pc user it’s not enough, you need a total package.

No software is perfect, even Panda. I would suggest you do your homework and check reviews from other sources such as Cnet, Tom’s hardware, Computer user and other sources.

Happy surfing

5 Stars PANDA INTERNET SECURITY
If you are looking for an “all-in-one” internet and email protection program, then this is the right one for you. I have used this program for the last 8 years and have never been infected with a virus - many have been caught and deleted and that is what we want done.

5 Stars Panda Global Protection 2009
I got my Panda faster than I expected and I’m very pleased with my product! Thanks Amazon for saving my life with this product.

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Panda Internet Security 2009 3 User

Panda Internet Security 2009 is a security suite that lets you use the Internet with complete peace of mind. It protects you from viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all other Internet threats. The anti-spam engine will keep your inbox free from junk mail while the Parental Control feature ensures your children can use the Web safely. Anti-Malware Engine automatically detects and eliminates viruses, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, bots and other malware before they infect your computer. Genetic Heuristic Engine combines advanced algorithms to detect new variants of the most dangerous malware families. TruPrevent Technologies 2.0 silently analyzes the behavior of programs, blocking those that try to damage your PC. Personal Firewall protects you against Internet-borne worms and hacker attacks. Smart auto-configuration allows good programs to run while blocking malicious ones. Wireless Monitor protects your wireless network from intruders. Intrusion prevention blocks known and unknown hacker attacks and vulnerability exploits. Anti-Phishing Filter recognizes fraudulent email and protects you from scams while you shop, bank or pay bills online. Anti-Rootkit Technology detects and removes silently installed rootkits used by malware or hackers to evade traditional antivirus products. Web Filter lets you use the Internet safely without the risk of infections, vulnerability exploits, browser hijacking or phishing websites. Advanced Proactive Protection Technologies from Panda Security are widely recognized as the most effective against new and unknown malware System Requirements - Windows XP 32 and 64-bit, Windows Vista 32 and 64-bit, Pentium 300-MHz Processor or faster, 128MB RAM without TruPrevent, 512MB RAM with TruPrevent, 275MB free space, Internet Explorer 6.0, and CD-ROM drive

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Generic
I had Norton 2009 installed on my computer. I was having some trouble with it and decided to order a different brand of internet security software. I purchased Panda. I installed it and compared to Norton it’s very generic. The full system scans literally took “forever”, plus I didn’t feel the layout was very user friendly when it came to configuring what features you wanted to turn on and off. There was no option for a quick scan so you had to choose the full scan which took about 45 min to an hour. Also, once you uninstall you cannot reinstall and keep your remaining subscription days, the disk is no longer valid. I ended up going back to Norton, got my situation resolved and was able to reinstall my Norton product with no problems. You can buy Norton for up to 3 pc’s on Amazon for 39.99 which is a good deal. The same product on the Norton website is about 79.99. I am used to Norton because I have used it for so long so I may be partial, but if I ever wanted to switch again it would not be for Panda. It may be cheap to buy but it’s also cheap to use. I didn’t have it on long enough to judge whether or not it is a good internet security product so it’s just my opinion that it’s not user friendly for me.

5 Stars Great product!
I am a very basic person when it comes to computers and this Security system is not only basic but it does more then just keep your computer safe, even[...] has it as one of its best, great product highly recommended.

5 Stars panda- the most most wonderful!!!!!!!
i got this a month ago, or so.

i have had 3 or 4 other security things… the big name ones…

and this is BETTER.

hands down. no question. i highly suggest.

i seriously think You’ll not be disappointed, only relieved and grateful!!!!!

peace.

t.

:)))

5 Stars excellent product
This is an excellent product. We have used Norton in the past but decided to go with something else. Panda is an excellent choice. You can find it much cheaper here on Amazon.com. Very pleased!

5 Stars This “No-Techie” Loves Panda!
I’m not a “techie”, so I can’t give any info in that area, but here’s what I do know: This is my 2nd year for using Panda Internet Security and it works great for my desktop PC and laptop. The 2009 version seems to be a little more user-friendly over 2008; the layout of the screens in the window look better and they seem to be easier to navigate. Installation is a breeze (you don’t have to uninstall the old version of Panda). Automatic updates (every time you go online) are unobtrusive. Alert notifications (for every little thing!) can be user-defined so you don’t have to be bothered with the pop-ups unless you choose to…you can just let it do it’s thing in the background. It can seal your system in a steel cocoon, a gauze curtain, or somewhere in between, according to your preferences. It doesn’t bog my system down like some of the others I’ve tried. The spam filter is self-learning, so at first you really need to monitor that folder to teach it what you want to let through. There is free 24 hr tech support, but I’ve never needed it. You can upgrade to the newer version through the Panda website when your 1 year subscription expires…but you can buy it a lot cheaper at other places (like Amazon). And best of all, I haven’t been invaded by any of those horrible things lurking around on the internet!!!

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